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REGIONAL HEALTH OBSERVATORY

Health Themes

This section provides data, information and analyses on regional, subregional and national health priority organized by themes.

Each theme page provides key messages and highlights, including information on situation analysis and trends, data and evidence which are presented using information products, interactive visualizations and dashboards on core  health indicators, database views, publications and reports, and links to relevant web pages on the theme. 

 

altHealth situation and trends, Region of the Americas

 

altMaternal health

 

altAdolescent health

 

altNon-Communicable Diseases

 

altMortality and causes of death

 

altInfant and child health

 

altAging and health

 

altTobacco control

 
Regional Health Observatory

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Ischemic heart diseases (IHD) is the first cause of death in the Region of the Americas.

In 2007, IHD caused:

  • 662,011 deaths, 13% of total deaths in the Americas
  • 255,586 deaths, 9.6% of total deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean

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